Maple Syrup

[Waldo]

What is the average yield per tree Stinkie?

 

[AAASTINKIE]

10 gallons of sap per tap is average, it takes 40 gallons of sap to get
a gallon of syrup, I take my sap to a professional outfit to boil and
we split it, so I get 1 gallon of syrup for every 80 gallons of sap I
bring, that's OK though, I get to go home and he stays up all
night...lol



pkcook, I'm not planning on making anything with syrup, but have been
looking for wine recipe, but there aren't many out there, iI assume it
just doesn't work all that good, but masta speaks of a maple beer, I'll
have to look into that!!

 

[pkcook]

Stinkie,


I've been looking at Honey Wine recipies on the Internetand most places usually havea similar recipe for mead made from maple syrup. Sounds pretty good to me

.

 

[AAASTINKIE]

Today I hung the old fashioned metal buckets I have, 66 of them, you
need to have a hook on the spile to hang the bucket on, that gives me
320 buckets out, I'll call it good for this year!!

 

[AAASTINKIE]

 

[AAASTINKIE]

 

[peterCooper]

But where is the syrup?Is it frozen in them there trees?

 

[AAASTINKIE]

The sap of the sugar maple trees is aprox. 2% sugar, it is in the roots
in the winter, moves up to the tree when the temp goes over freezing,
and back to then roots when it goes below, thats why you can only make
sugar in the spring (you can make it in the fall also but no one does).
You can't make sugar from maple trees that grow too far south to get
the freeze thaw cycle.

 

[AAASTINKIE]

275 sap today and still had 100 buckets left for tomorrow.

 

[masta]

How long does it take to get that much volume in the buckets we see? Looks like 2-3 gallons in most of them and 4 in the last picture.

 

[AAASTINKIE]

they will do that in one day if the weather is right!! Those were the best buckets, many had only 1 gallon.

 

[AAASTINKIE]

225 gallons today, 500 total, sorry I'm keeping my records here...lol

 

[Funky Fish]

pkcook, I'm not planning on making anything with syrup, but have been looking for wine recipe, but there aren't many out there, iI assume it just doesn't work all that good, but masta speaks of a maple beer, I'll have to look into that!!

I have tried a maple syrup desert wine up in Canada. It wasn't too bad, but I didn't think it good enough to buy a bottle.

 

[AAASTINKIE]

I guess I should try a 1 gallon batch, not too much too loose that way.

I'll have to wait till I get some syrup first though...lol


Edited by: AAASTINKIE

 

[pkcook]

One thing for certain, it wouldn't fail for lack of freshness!

I'm betting it would be wonderful

!

 

[pkcook]

Stinkie,


Found this on Jack Keller's site. It is made from the sap and not syrup. Enjoy!
<CENTER>MAPLE SAP WINE</CENTER>




<UL>
<LI>1 gallon maple sap
<LI>up to 2½ lbs granulated sugar
<LI>1 large or 2 small lemons
<LI>12-15 cloves
<LI>1/8 tsp tannin
<LI>1 tsp yeast nutrient
<LI>1 pkt Reisling wine yeast </LI>[/list]


First measure the specific gravity of the sap with a hydrometer to determine how much sugar to add to achieve a starting specific gravity of 1.085-1.090. Different saps will contain different amounts of natural sugar, and even the sap from the same tree will differ from year to year. In an enamel- or teflon-coated pot, stir the required amount of sugar into the maple sap and bring to a low boil for 15 minutes, stirring until the sugar is dissolved. In a separate pan, combine a cup of the sap with the cloves and zest of the lemon(s) and simmer for 10 minutes. Strain the latter into a primary and add the boiled sap, juice from the lemon(s) and yeast nutrient. When cooled to 75° F., add the activated yeast. Cover the primary and stir daily for 8-10 days. Transfer to a secondary and fit airlock. Ferment to dryness (6-8 weeks), rack into a sanitized secondary, refit the airlock and bulk age 12 months, checking airlock from time to time to make sure it doesn't dry out. Rack, sweeten if desired and bottle. [Adapted recipe from Steven A. Krause's Wines from the Wilds]

 

[AAASTINKIE]

thanks, cook, i have seen those before, maple sap is so weak it would
be maple in name only, kinda like log cabin syrup, 2% maple syrup and
that 2% is the pan scapings...lol

 

[pkcook]

Kinda like the sorghums we make back home

. Takes a whole lot to make a little molasses, but heata small amount of fresh molasses with a pinch of baking soda and dip a hot buttered biscuit in that and your tongue will slap your brains out it's so good

. This has got me wondering if molasses will make good wine/mead?

 

[winebug]

It was ask if taping a treedamages it.


The sap wood and bark will grow over the hole in 3 or 4 years. just like when you cut off a limb.


When a tree is cut down and made into lumber it is full of holes about 4 ft. from the trunk.

 

[AAASTINKIE]

I was asked that question last year (does it hurt the trees) I answered
the question on page 6 but first to understand you need to watch the
movie TAXI DRIVER, with my friend Robert Deniro, and it helps if you
see Chapelles show on Comedy Central...Ive been working too hard...lol

PS I got home from hauling 250 gallons of sap tonight at 9pm after
leaving for work this morning at 4:20 am. Sap don't come easy!!